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Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Fulgur echinatum was named by Dall (1890) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; Florida.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Busycon (Echinofulgur).

It was recombined as Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum by Olsson and Harbison (1953), Olsson and Harbison (1953) and Olsson (1967).

Subspecies
Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum helenae
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. fusiforme, B. stellatum, B. tampaense, B. proterum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Fulgur echinatum Dall p. 117 figs. pl. 9, fig. 2
1953Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum Olsson and Harbison
1967Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum Olsson p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
subfamilyBusyconinaeWade 1917
genusBusyconRöding 1798
subgenusEchinofulgur
speciesechinatum(Dall 1890)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available